Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-08
A GREAT PLEA FOR ERIN,
PARNELL TAUNTs THE TORIES
TO THEIR FACE.

| CowardIy Tyranny Declared q Charae,
| teristic of the Party-Inegality of the
Plan of Campaign Questioned aud
Good Results Claimed From Its Opsr-
alton - Gladstone to Support this
Amendment.
LONDON, Feb. Tn the House OF Com.
mons to-day Mr.. Psrnell moved hia
amendment to the address in reply TO the
Queens speech. The amendment ia az
follows "The relations between tba
owners and occupiers Of land In Ireland
have not been seriously disturbed in the
cases Of those who granted TO their ten.
! ants such Attachments as were demanded
by the prices ofagricultural and pastoral
produce. The remedy for the crisis In
Irish agrarian affairs will be found not in
an Increased stringenoy Of criminal pr
cedure or in the pursuit of such novel,
doubtful and unconstitutional measures
as those recently taken by her majesty'a
government, but in such reform OF tho
| law and system OF government as viii
| satisfy the needs and secure the cont.
dence OF the Irish people,"
DEFENDING HIS OWN BILL.
Mr. Parnell maintained that il the blk
for the stopping of evictions, whicuholia &
| troduced last session, had been u4D4ro
the condition OF Ireland would hap1 11M
greatly improved. The operations inf tk &
measure wound have efectuallir p1X
vented the present disturbed reIeti@H n I
| between landlords and tenants in Ilelt 49,
| The blame for the present serious p8sifI| "
| OF Irish domestic affairs rested v ~
government. The government 3s4p|
I this seemed about to renew the Iai4H
| OF attempting coercion in lrelansesEf1x*'
speaker solemnly warned the COVE Er}1t
| that II they again tried coercic n J1&X
Il wnnld oa ul
| failed when trying that policy.
NO REMEDY IN COERCION NJ
Coercion would never bring about bet
| ter state of affairs in Ireland or assist n
| establishing peaceful relations between
the TWO countries. Cries OF "Ohi Ohp'
| and cheers from the Irish members. III
| the governments proposed alteration of
| the criminal procedure acts meant an at
tack on the rights OF lrishmen, the immey
diate result would be that Sir Michael
| Hicks Beach, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, and the Marquis of London4
derry, VicerOy, would find them-
selves rapidly descending an
inclined plane, and they would soon come
asking Parliament for more coercionI
Sir Michael Hicks Beach wished to at
tack the authors of the plan of campaign.
| He thought to crush the plan by lnNxTi;p0k
his opponents and putting them No<0
all past experience had shown
work OF suppression would 90
when such things were done, fo1<1
societies would spring up, and 1~f1
and political crimes would revivoU
worst forms. The government ~
ready been guilty OF unprecede1&M
tion in the manner in which t4
conducted the prosecution Of JohQ7 ri
CATHOLICS AND JURIE3 <n4lIf
They had been equally arbitraryM M
method employed to suppress tn
meetings and in the adoptionz Mo1
method OF istrikng off jurIes IL
way as to exclude Catholics. The oP1
asked If any government could f4
that nation, three-fourths OF all
ulation Of which were Catholic b.
be content to have no fepresel
their faith In the jury trials OF tn
| try. Referring 10 the Glenbel a. MO-
tions Mr.. Parnell declared that fhe 1and9
lords gave their tenants a month
only In %hich to find fve
years rent, arrears and costs. The
ultimate offer made by the landlords tc
take half years rent looked generous
but the costs involved amounted to over
two years. rent. The National League,
Mr.. Parnell continued, never iuterferedl
until the work OF eviction was In full
swing. AS one who had no respons sibiiity
In the bringing forward of the plan Of
campaign he could speak freely upon its
EFFECE OF THE PLAN.
| Many OF the tenants who now had q
roof over their heads would have been
cast out upon the bare hiIlsides but
for the plan. The reduction in the num-
Der OF evictions for the last quarter was
mainly due to the plan. The goyern4
ment had waited two months before de-
clarng the plan illegal. Was 1t illegalf
That remained to be seen. In the mean
while he attached no Importance to tha
assertion OF iliegality. The government
talked of robbery of the landlordsy
forgetting that almost every title I'd
Irish land was founded upon wholesale
robbery and confscation. The bulk OF the
improvements made by the tenants had
been seized by the landlords, VINO hao
| long been rObbing the tenants OF the pro-
ducts OF their labor and embezzling their
rights. Irish cheers.l Mr.. Parnell
| went on 10 condemn coercion as an in<
citement TO conspiracy.
TAUNTING THE TORIES.
He taunted the Tories with the declas
ration that II they got powers OF oppresI
| sion equalling those OF the Car they
would never be able tc administer them
under the constitutional government, nor
so long as the Irish mem bers had seats in
Parliament. Cheers. Even now, at the
| eleventh hour, II the government refrained
from the policy OF evaporation and
stopped the Inflction of injustice by legal
enactments and system OF repression
| W0lCl udu uOnt ihOl0 w AIisH
tenants than all tue Fenian agitators
from New York to San Francisco. IF they
would give Ireland power TO do herself
what England seemed to have neither the
Wish nor power TO do, Ireland would
show by her laws, tranquility and pros
perIty how unfairly she had been treated
in the past anGAow UNJUST was the asser-
ton that the Irish were not law. abiding
people. [Cheers.
7. Mcdonald (Nationalist) member for
North Sligo, seconded the amendment.
Mr.. Parnelps criticism OF the successes
full results OF the plan and his compari-
son OF its effect In modifying the relatiorg
betweed landlord and tenant which he
called a helter-skelter, barum-scsrum
procedure of the governments agents
which had intensified disorder was
cheered by the whole opposition side.
The speech was notable more for dipo-
matte calmness and tnesse than Tor bril-
liancy, and secured all the hesitant mems
bers. Mr.. Parnell spoke with energy and
was much exhausted at the end.
Mr. Gladstone promises to support Mrs
ParnelPs amendment.
The Parnelltes will oppose in Parlia-
-. aI..t4 ta